Easy Chicken & Veggie Tortillas

Fast food with a Mexican flavor — it’s impossible to break away! Making tortillas with chicken and vegetables at home is not at all difficult. You can serve it as a main course, or as a tasty and healthy snack. Thanks to the sour cream sauce, the tortilla is light and low in calories.
cook time: 30 min
Elijah Stroud
Easy Chicken & Veggie Tortillas

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

137
Calories
8g
Fat
6g
Carbs
10g
Protein

Ingredients (2 portions)

Basic:

Tortilla 50 g
Chicken fillet 250 g
bell pepper 1 pc
Tomatoes 1 pc
Lettuce leaves 4 pc
Salt to taste

For the sauce:

Sour cream 150 g
Garlic 1 clove
Ground hot pepper 0.5 tsp

For frying:

Vegetable oil 1 tbsp

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
How to make tortilla with chicken and vegetables at home? Prepare all the necessary products. Wash and dry the vegetables and chicken first.

Step 2

Step 2
Cut out the stem of the pepper and remove the seeds, and cut the pulp into long strips.

Step 3

Step 3
First cut the tomato into circles and then into strips.

Step 4

Step 4
Cut the chicken fillet into thin slices, then cut each slice into strips. Try to cut the strips across the grain, so the finished meat will be softer.

Step 5

Step 5
Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan. Read about how to choose the ideal frying pan, as well as how to choose the right vegetable oil in separate articles, links at the end of the recipe. Place the chicken in the pan. Fry the chicken for about 10 minutes over high heat, stirring constantly. At the end of frying, add salt.

Step 6

Step 6
Heat another pan. Place tortillas on it one at a time, warming them on each side for a couple of minutes.

Step 7

Step 7
Make the sauce. To do this, add chopped garlic and pepper to the sour cream. Mix everything well. You can also make another sauce to taste. Read more about this after the recipe.

Step 8

Step 8
Immediately spread the sauce down the center of the warm tortilla.

Step 9

Step 9
Lay out the lettuce leaves and place the fried chicken on them.

Step 10

Step 10
Place peppers and tomatoes on top.

Step 11

Step 11
Carefully roll the tortilla into a log.

Step 12

Step 12
You can serve homemade tortilla with chicken in the form of a large roll, or you can cut it into two parts. The tortilla is served with various sauces: tomato, salsa or guacamole. Bon appetit!

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